My laptop starts up with incorrect screen settings

[Ric Moore]

On 05/27/2013 11:22 AM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote:
> My main PC is a laptop with a 17" 1280×800 screen. I also connected an
> external 23" 1920×1080 screen.
>
> I run the ”recommended” nVidia driver (tried the Nouveau driver, but
> it was slower than a snail that fell asleep during the race, and the
> temperature ended up at ≈125 ℃) and /etc/X11/xorg.conf looks like
> this:
>
> # File starts here
> ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
> # nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
> # nvidia-settings:  version 304.88  (buildd at komainu)  Tue Apr  9
> 12:17:43 UTC 2013
>
> Section "ServerLayout"
>      Identifier     "Layout0"
>      Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>      InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>      InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>      Option         "Xinerama" "0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Files"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>      # generated from default
>      Identifier     "Mouse0"
>      Driver         "mouse"
>      Option         "Protocol" "auto"
>      Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
>      Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
>      Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
>      # generated from default
>      Identifier     "Keyboard0"
>      Driver         "kbd"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>      # HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
>      Identifier     "Monitor0"
>      VendorName     "Unknown"
>      ModelName      "Samsung SyncMaster"
>      HorizSync       30.0 - 81.0
>      VertRefresh     56.0 - 75.0
>      Option         "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>      Identifier     "Device0"
>      Driver         "nvidia"
>      VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
>      BoardName      "GeForce Go 7300"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
>      Identifier     "Screen0"
>      Device         "Device0"
>      Monitor        "Monitor0"
>      DefaultDepth    24
>      Option         "Stereo" "0"
>      Option         "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
>      Option         "metamodes" "DFP-1: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP-0:
> nvidia-auto-select +320+1080"
>      SubSection     "Display"
>          Depth       24
>      EndSubSection
> EndSection
> # File ends here
> –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
>
>
> It looks to me that the file is correct. I want my internal screen
> below the external one, and centered horisontally. The login screen
> looks OK, I think, but after logging in, I only have my external
> screen, the internal one is black.
> I can open the nVidia settings dialogue and do the proper settings
> there, and it works until next time I log in.


Did you update your xorg.conf file after making the corrections? Just 
maybe you are falling back to the same ole xorg.conf file when you 
restart? Under the Xserver Display Configuration tab, in the lower right 
corner is "Save to X Configuration File". Just select /etc/X11/xorg.conf 
and enter your passwd. Next time you restart, you should be good to go. 
You might try it with and without "twinview". I am assuming you are 
using one video card for two monitors? :) Ric


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